Borderless borders : U.S. Latinos, Latin Americans, and the paradox of interdependence /

"Borderless Borders describes the structural processes and active interventions taking place inside and outside U.S. Latino communities. After a context-setting introduction by urban planner Rebecca Morales, the contributors focus on four themes. Economist Manuel Pastor Jr., urban sociologist S...

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Contributors: Bonilla, Frank.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1998.
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Table of Contents:
  • Dependence or interdependence: issues and policy choices facing Latin Americans and Latinos / Rebecca Morales
  • Interdependence, inequality, and identity: linking Latinos and Latin Americans / Manuel Pastor, Jr.
  • Trading places: U.S. Latinos and trade liberalization in the Americas / Manuel Pastor, Jr., and Carol Wise
  • The transnationalization of immigration policy / Saskia Sassen
  • The burden of interdependence: demographic, economic, and social prospects for Latinos in the reconfigured U.S. economy / Jorge Chapa
  • From estrangement to affinity: dilemmas of identity among Hispanic children / Patricia Fernández-Kelly
  • The economic development of El Barrio / Edwin Meléndez
  • 1995-terreno peligroso/danger zone: cultural relations between Chicanos and Mexicans at the end of the century / Guillermo Gómez-Peña
  • Visions of Dominicanness in the United States / Silvio Torres-Saillant
  • The legacy of conquest and discovery: meditations on ethnicity, race, and American politics / Gerald Torres
  • Transnational political and cultural identities: crossing theoretical borders / María de los Angeles Torres
  • Popular movements and economic globalization / Jeremy Brecher
  • The new synthesis of Latin American and Latino studies / Pedro Cabán
  • Rethinking Latino/Latin American interdependence: new knowing, new practice / Frank Bonilla.